Remembering Leon Redbone
Mysterious man of antique popular music Leon Redbone, Is Dead at 69.
To read more about his life, click here.
You can listen to our feature on Leon Redbone here.
It’s New Orleans jazz clarinet in street parades and clubs. We’ll hear clarinet in the hands of past and present legends: George Lewis, Sidney Bechet, Dr. Michael White and Aurora Nealand, plus a conversation with a sometime New Orleans clarinet virtuoso, Evan Christopher. Then, a live cultural exchange between French Louisiana and West Africa with singer, percussionist and dancer Sidiki Conde from Guinea and zydeco accordionist, cultural historian and sometime alligator wrangler, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes.
Mysterious man of antique popular music Leon Redbone, Is Dead at 69.
To read more about his life, click here.
You can listen to our feature on Leon Redbone here.